Storms in Mississippi in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 1973, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Mississippi in 1973 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 174
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 185
- Damage
- $11 million
- Episodes
- 41
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 105 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 46 | 2 | 185 | $11 million |
| Hail | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1973
February 1973
March 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 6, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 10, 1973
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, March 11, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 14, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 15, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 16, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 24, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 30, 1973
April 1973
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, April 7, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 16, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 17, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 24, 1973
- Hail in Mississippi, April 25, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 26, 1973
May 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 1, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 2, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 8, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 11, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 23, 1973
- Tornado in Mississippi, May 24, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 25, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 26, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 27, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 31, 1973
June 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 4, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 15, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 19, 1973
July 1973
September 1973
November 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 4, 1973
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, November 20, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, November 24, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, November 26, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 27, 1973
December 1973
More
Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1973Tornadoes in Mississippi in 197319721974
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.